Clean Eating Substitutes from All You Magazine

I was browsing through this chick mag I get in the mail ( it is a Walmart publication ) and I get it because it has a lot of coupons in it. Imagine my surprise when I came upon an article in the January 2011 publication called "Eat Real Food and Lose Weight" :-) Nowhere in the article do they discuss the term "Clean Eating" - but it is modeled directly after CE! It is all about removing processed foods from your diet, drinking more water, and making wholesome swaps with your food. I take issue with them saying potato chips are a healthy alternative to pretzels or cheesy poofs - that isn't a healthy swap. I'd sub in there homemade chickpea snackers ( I'll be posting this recipe later; I made them last night ) or nuts or raisins. There are 2 other "subs" I've noted that aren't the best - but I left them in anyway.


They have a nice little chart showing real vs not real foods All You Processed Foods vs Real Foods

Not Real	Real
Strawberry toaster pastry	Whole-grain toast with 100 percent strawberry jam
Artificially sweetened berry flavored yogurt	Plain yogurt with fresh berries
Cold cereals (with enriched flour, artificial coloring and high-fructose corn syrup)	Oatmeal with honey
Processed luncheon meat, hot dogs	Sliced chicken/turkey breast, steak, tuna
Pancake syrup	100 percent maple syrup
Diet shakes	Smoothies made of low-fat milk and chopped fruit
Diet snack/protein bars	Nuts and dried fruit
Chocolate-flavored packaged cakes and cookies	Dark chocolate ( CE Eve Says No! )
Whipped topping	Whipped cream
Fat-free salad dressing	Olive oil and vinegar
Boxed flavored rice mixes	Brown rice with fresh herbs
Enriched wheat breads, rolls, English muffins	Whole-wheat breads, rolls, English muffins
Pretzels or cheese-flavored puffs (with white flour)	Potato chips or whole-corn tortilla chips ( CE Eve says No! )
Fruit snacks/rolls	Sliced fruit
Soda pop (regular or diet)	Club soda with 100 percent fruit juice
Artificially sweetened powder to flavor water	Lemon, lime or orange slices to flavor water
Flavored coffee creamers	2 percent milk
Peanut butter (with hydrogenated oils)	Natural peanut butter
Processed cheese dip	Salsa
Stick margarine	Whipped butter ( CE Eve Says "Small Amounts" )